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Tag: 70cm

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GB3WP & G6YRK – Rant Time

Posted on November 23, 2015 The Engineer

It’s been a while since I’ve done a proper radio based post, so it’s a bit of a shame that I have to start off with a rant, but it’s required in this case. One of the local 70cm repeaters, GB3WP seems to have many problems. The largest one seems

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More Baofeng UV-82 Power Tests

Posted on August 23, 2015 The Engineer

I really like the UV-82s, over the UV-5Rs I was originally using, so I’ve bought another pair. Here are the power levels on test. Tests were done with a full battery charge on the 2m/70cm calling frequencies. 00

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nb Tanya Louise Radio Install Part 1

Posted on August 3, 2015August 3, 2015 The Engineer

I often find myself carrying by go bag up to the boat during trips, so I can do some radio. However at 16lbs it’s a pain on public transport. A fixed radio was required! Another Wouxun GK-UV950P was ordered, and the fact that the head unit is detachable from this

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Cat Links Ameteur Radio, Arduino, Personal Project

Arduino SWR Power Meter Final Parts & Calibration

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 The Engineer

Now the final bits have arrived for the SWR Meter module, I can do the final assembly. Here the SMA connectors are installed on the side of the eBay meter, for forward & reverse power tap. These are simply tee’d off the wiring inside the meter where it connects to

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Arduino Based SWR/PWR Meter – The Board

Posted on July 8, 2015February 25, 2017 The Engineer

I recently posted about a small analog SWR/Power meter I got from eBay, and figured it needed some improvement. After some web searching I located a project by ON7EQ, an Arduino sketch to read SWR & RF power from any SWR bridge. The Arduino code is on the original author’s

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Cat Links Ameteur Radio, Hacks

Wouxun KG-UV950P RF Connector Replacement

Posted on July 5, 2015 The Engineer

In my original review, I noted that this radio was supplied with a SO-259 socket for the antenna connection. However I’m less than fond of these, due to their non-constant impedance, which can cause signal loss issues at VHF/UHF. Because of this, I’ve replaced it with a high quality N-type

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Wouxun KG-UV950P Radio

Posted on June 30, 2015July 1, 2015 The Engineer

After running on handies for all of my Ameteur Radio life, I figured it was time for a new radio, this time a base station/mobile rig, & after some looking around I decided on the Wouxun KG-UV950P. Shown below is the radio as delivered: This radio has the capability to

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